My little guy. He's been acting a bit "funny" this week, after his best friend, Ellie and his grandparents left. We've been telling him where his friends are leaving to. He keeps assuring us, we're going to Chicago. I hope it's true. We'll find out in about 4-8 weeks.
However, this week, Arden has been...mellow. That's not his usual self. He hasn't wanted to go out and play much either...that could be because there's another ridiculous heat wave. At night he's been having meltdowns during bedtime, which I can't remember the last time he's had a series of meltdowns like this. It's kind of sad for me to see this.
Yesterday, as we were walking to the library, we had a conversation. It went like this:
"Arden, do you miss Ellie?"
"Yes."
"Are you a little bit sad?"
"I'm mad."
"Yeah, I also miss Ms. Abbey, Mr. Chris, Kevin and Ellie too. But we'll see them again some time. Do you know where they went?"
"To Dallas."
"Yeah, soon we'll be going to live at a new place. Daddy is done with school."
"We're going to Chicago."
"I hope so. May be we'll meet other people there."
"No. I don't want new friends."
"What?"
"I don't want new friends."
It broke my heart. He doesn't often express his deep emotions, but I know he's taking this hard. Any suggestions?
Today Newel and Arden went to an air show and SF to escape from the heat. I hope this will cheer him up a bit. I stayed home with Maya. I'm starting to do some packing.
2 comments:
Anyone who knows your cute family is going to be sad when they have to part company (no matter what the reason). So we're sad, too, being far away. I know of no cure. When our plane was leaving we could see the Golden Gate Bridge (in a stunning view) and I felt like I would never see it again. It's proper to be sad, if you care.
Tell him that "you guys" were so lucky to had had the opportunity to meet such nice people in life!
... and that it was great to share the many activities together!
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